#512CAE#512CAE

#512CAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.192 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512CAE
RGB	rgb(81, 44, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 74.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 48.23, -63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 79.50, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.0606 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.192 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9318, 6.6061, 40.6826)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512CAE #89AE2C

analogous

#2C48AE #512CAE #922CAE

triadic

#512CAE #AE512C #2CAE51

tetradic

#512CAE #AE2C48 #89AE2C #2CAE92

square

#512CAE #AE2C48 #89AE2C #2CAE92

split-complementary

#512CAE #AE922C #48AE2C

monochromatic

#24134C #3A207D #512CAE #6E47D0 #9478DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#512CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#512CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512CAE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512CAE	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 44, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.192 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c69c7',
    500: '#512cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512cae;
$custom-light: #8c69c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.077,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42575,
    "c": 0.19155,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512CAE

secondary

#ADC571

accent

#E345B6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #512CAE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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